Question | Answer |
Who was the first to see Cell? | Robert Hooke |
Who was the first to see and describe Microorganisms? | Anton Van Leewuenhoek |
Who Disproved the theory of Spontaneous Generation? | Francesco Redi |
Who disinfected surgical wounds reducing death from infection? | Joseph Lister |
Who discovered the first synthetic drug used against microorganisms? | Paul Erlich |
Who discovered the first antibiotic? | Alexander Fleming |
Who discovered the first Vaccine? | Edward Jenner |
"ologies" related to Microbiology? | Bacteriology- is the study of bacteria
Mycology- is the study of fungi
Virology- is the study of viruses
Parasitology- is the study of protozoa and parasitic worms |
Bacteria covering a solid surface is called? | Microbes |
What causes Influenza? | h1ni-swine flu
h5n1-Bird flu |
Bacterial shapes? | Bacillus, coccus, spiral |
Descriptive prefixes for bacterial columns | PAIRS-Diplococci-Diplobacilli, CLUSTERS-Staphylococci, CHAINS-Streptococci-Streptobacilli |
Gelatinous external layer around some bacteria is called? | Glycocalynx |
Flagellar is? | Long filamentious appendages that propel bacteria |
How does Bacteria move? | appendages called flagella used to 'swim' around |
other projections from bacteria and what they for? | Fimbraie-allowes attachment, Pili-facilitate DNA from one cell to the other |
Composition of bacterial cell walls | Prevents osmotic lysis, made of Peptidoglycan |
Differences in Bacterial cell walls for classification | Gram Positive, Gram Negative |
Differences between Archaea and bacterial cell walls? | Archaea do not contain Peptidoglycan |
what bacteria have special waxy layers external to the cell wall? | Gram Negative Bacteria |
the bacterial plasma membrane is composed of | Lipid bilayer of plasma membrane, Peptidoglycan, outter membrane |
How small molecules move through the bacterial plasma membrane? | Diffusion |
What is a nucleoid? | Bacterial chromosome |
difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosomes | Eukaryotic are larger and Prokaryotic are smaller ribosomes |